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SRV meets Frankenstein! This beat-up ugly duckling has been my main squeeze since I picked it up 2nd-hand in '97. I instantly fell in love with it's big, fat, round, comfortable neck, but the the tone of this particular guitar is what really sold me. It's much fatter sounding than a typical SRV, and anyone who knows me knows I'm all about fat and smooth.
I changed the pickguard immediately... those goofy-looking SRV initials engraved in the original were like a cheese grader on my fingers! I left the Texas Special pickups in the neck and middle postions, but after trying half a dozen different pickups in the bridge postition, I surprised myself by actually loving the sound of a Duncan Hot Rails Jr. I'm not willing to carve up the body for a full humbucker (the SRV is a 3-pickup rout), so a mini-humbucker was the only alternative. I have never been a fan of Hot Rails (or ceramic pickups in general), so it was a long time before I actually tried one in this guitar. Once I did, I instantly knew my search was over (to my complete shock).
You might also notice that a machine head & a couple of bridge saddles are chrome instead of gold. This is because the originals wore out and I was too impatient to order the gold ones.
I absolutely LOVE this guitar. My only beef is with that STUPID, unusable left-handed tremolo, which unfortunately can't be changed without cutting up the guitar. What was Stevie thinking?
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